Pieter van Zyl[1]
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Name Pieter van Zyl Christening 12 Dec 1706 Paarl,Cape,South Africa 
[2] Gender Male Person ID I8011 My Genealogy Last Modified 30 Apr 2022 | Edit
Father Willem van Zijl, b. 1668, Delft,,,Nederland d. 3 Aug 1727 (Age 59 years) Mother Christina van Looveren, c. 7 Jun 1673, Oude Kerk,Amsterdam,Netherlands., d. Abt 1730 (Age ~ 56 years) Marriage 28 Nov 1694 Oude Kerk,Amsterdam,Netherlands., - Text of the banns published on 12 November 1694:
"Willem van Zeijl van Delft, tuinier, oud 26 jaren, in de Verfwerstaraat, ouders dood, geassistiert met Manual Abrams, en Christina van Loveren van Amsterdam, oud 21 jaren, op die Wael, ouders dood, geassistiert met Sara Juriaensz, haar moeje"
Family ID F302712632 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Hester van Wyk, c. 3 Oct 1712 Marriage 26 Sep 1734 [3] Children 1. Adriaan Jacobus van Zyl, c. 9 Oct 1735 2. Albertus van Zyl, c. 2 Mar 1755 3. Christina Maria van Zyl, c. 18 May 1738 4. Floris van Zyl, c. 1 Apr 1747 5. Gerrit van Zyl, c. 17 Nov 1748 6. Gideon van Zyl, c. 11 Feb 1753 7. Hester van Zyl, c. 1 Oct 1741 d. 2 Jun 1836, Clanwilliam,Western Cape,South Africa (Age ~ 94 years)8. Pieter van Zyl, c. 23 Aug 1739 d. Bef 1745 (Age ~ 5 years) 9. Pieter van Zyl, c. 24 Oct 1745 10. Willem van Zyl, c. 4 Nov 1736 d. Abt 1769 (Age ~ 32 years) 11. Johannes van Zyl, b. 1743 12. Allert van Zyl, b. 30 Aug 1750 d. 11 May 1811 (Age 60 years) Family ID F302713404 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Apr 2020 | Edit
- Text of the banns published on 12 November 1694:
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Notes - He is listed in the 1733 Muster Roll, Stellenbosch district "«i»Pieter van Zeijl«/i»"
The brothers Pieter and Albertus van Zijl both farmed on the Olifants River near presnt day Piketberg, which was the Northern Frontier of the Cape at that time and experienced trouble with indigenous Khoisan who were being displaced by the Dutch in the frontier zone, culminating in a major Khoisan uprising in 1739. "Two Khoikhoi servants of Gerrit Mos, a Piketberg farmer, slaughtered four of his sheep and hid the carcasses. The two men, Wittebooij and Wildschut, then summoned a third, David and three female companions for a feast. Unfortunately they were discovered by one of Mos's slaves and felt obliged to kill him. Wittebooij and Wildschut then...stole a sheep from Pieter van Zijl's farm at the Olifants River and...from Albert van Zijls farm they managed to steal a musket and decided to put it to good use by ...(shooting Pieter van Zijl)...Wittebooij was entrusted with the task but missed his target. The group then took flight but did not evade capture." (Penn, The Forgotten Frontier page 62.)
Later, a group of "Hottentots of the Little Namaqua" carried off the cattle of Albertus van Zyl as well as abducted a servant and stole a musket.
118 cattle belonging to Albert and Pieter van Zijl were found by a commando among the "Little Namaqua" during a raid into the interior to try to quell the rebellion among the Khoi. The cattle were siezed and returned to their owners.
- He is listed in the 1733 Muster Roll, Stellenbosch district "«i»Pieter van Zeijl«/i»"
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Sources - [S57] de Villiers, C.C., revised by Pama, C., Genealogies of Old South African Families, (Published A.A Balkema, Cape Town, 1981 ISBN 0-86961-136-4), p 1169 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1394] Parish registers for the Dutch Reformed Church at Paarl, Cape Province, (familysearch.org (Unindexed 2021)), 1706 Baptism Pieter van Zijl (Reliability: 3).
- [S57] de Villiers, C.C., revised by Pama, C., Genealogies of Old South African Families, (Published A.A Balkema, Cape Town, 1981 ISBN 0-86961-136-4), Entry for van Zijl (Reliability: 3).
- [S57] de Villiers, C.C., revised by Pama, C., Genealogies of Old South African Families, (Published A.A Balkema, Cape Town, 1981 ISBN 0-86961-136-4), p 1169 (Reliability: 3).